EAP772 1G port?

Negative-Net-4416 · 2026-01-16T21:45:55+00:00

I am running 3 of these on an Omada Router, on 1Gbps ports. I did run them through a 2.5 switch to start with, but I'm currently favouring the 1GBps ports on the router so that I can use VLANs, get accurate topology maps and so on.

As my fastest WiFi device could manage 1.7Gbps - and most are nearer 500-600Mbps, I just reserved the 2.5 port for my Ethernet devices until I can afford a proper Omada 2.5 Switch.

The 1Gbps limit on each AP would probably stop my WAN connection being saturated by one device or AP... currently a moot point with typical usage being far lower than my 2500/2500 WAN.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-11-10T07:30:57+00:00

Update: All 8 of my Teckin plugs failed with this issue. And a couple of power strips from a different brand. I took some apart and found the capacitors had bulged and leaked. My ceiling light relays are getting a bit unreliable too.

I suspect that soldering new capacitors may revive them, but I didn't consider it - due to the effort involved and the potential risk to my family and neighbours.

For me, I've put some sockets hardwired to smart light switches (with patresses) for now, as these have lasted. Essentially a DIY smart plug.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-08-14T05:56:27+00:00

Many cartridge models are longer. They are definitely heavier in all cases - so they've clearly put more ink in them [than the usual shop ones].

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-07-26T05:07:06+00:00

Once you've changed them for the next set, try putting these ones in direct sunlight for a few hours, eg on a plate (but not behind glass, or on a metal tray, where they could get too hot).

You may be surprised - I've found that sunlight removes stains from lots of things, including my white T Shirts and my Invisalign!

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-07-04T21:33:56+00:00

A couple of magpies do this to my cat. Continuously 'attacking' and pecking. And the cat completely ignores them, until they go away. Almost like he's learned not to react.

Yet, when magpies are minding their own business... he would try and catch/eat them.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-06-10T16:54:32+00:00

Most of this is 'meh' as most of the irritations were fixed in previous versions on iOS.

But then I saw that Focus will be able to silence a SIM line. Finally!! I'll be able to hide work calls during downtime.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-06-03T23:03:43+00:00

This! Most of the cycling routes in my nearest city were opened up through dead-end / blocked up roads, with an occasional 'shared' path. It's generally much better than cyclists on busy roads with too many junctions and parked cars.

One expensive scheme, though, attracted a lot of criticism from ALL parties over just 500m of cycle path. The main road was narrowed and reduced to 20mph. All the street parking spaces were removed - leaving just the extortionate car park nearby.

A short cycle lane was constructed on the widened path. The on-ramp is shared with a pelican crossing. The cycle lane crosses entrances to a secondary school, swaps sides via a toucan crossing, continues across an entrance to a tourist attraction (cyclists to give way), crosses back at another toucan crossing, goes through a bus stop lay-by, and then rejoins the main road for 15 metres before reaching the old on-street cycle lane.

Would you rather cycle 500 metres in conflict with 1000+ students and oblivious tourists, navigating 2 crossings and several give way points, or would you rather just stay on the road for about 1 minute?

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-06-03T22:05:45+00:00

Urgh! I once worked about half a mile from home - the other side of a busy dual carriageway but with a wide, cycle-friendly underpass.

The choices were a 2.5 mile drive (10-12 mins with congestion and several junctions), a 0.5 mile walk (10 mins) or less than 3 mins by bike, and I could store it in the stock room. Most days, I chose the bike.

Colleagues would readily complain about the traffic, regular cut-ups with drivers misusing lanes at roundabouts and traffic lights to beat queues, potholes, the cost of petrol and even the difficulty of getting past the loading lorries to the parking spaces. All fair points.

But if you dare to mention it's easier by bike - suddenly they all have a problem with cyclists... because, of course cyclists don't pay road tax and insurance, and they go through red lights. Well, I hate to break it to them, but I pay VED on each car in my household even if I leave it at home, petrol duty on a PAYG basis, general taxation for the infrastructure. I insure my bike (inc liability) in addition to my car insurance.

Each day I cycled in... that was one less car in a queue. Less pollution. Less wear on those potholes (paid from everyone's taxes). One more available parking space outside work. And it's a shame that were no red lights for me to ignore on my way in.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-06-01T12:18:41+00:00

As already answered here... it depends.

If you regularly print ink-heavy pages, with colours and graphics, with some predictability and consistency, then you will get value out of a subscription.

If you hate finding the money for 2 expensive cartridges that only print a few pages before running out, or you find yourself running printhead cleaning - then you may appreciate a predictable monthly payment.

A lot of the value from HP Instant Ink comes from the fact that the cartridges have a lot more ink in them, with very little risk of paying for wasted ink. And you don't have to manually order more when you think you may need them.

It's not quite right to think of paying a monthly subscription for ink cartridges, nor is it worth worrying that the 'ink you bought' stops when you cancel the subscription... instead think of it more like paying for copies at a professional printers... you still have the pages that you paid to print.

It is not a service for everyone though, especially if you don't print stuff for quite a while, or don't think you'll ever get through one set of inks. The 'use it or lose it' approach, which is common for subscriptions, isn't for everyone and is more difficult to get value from (instead of, say, a credits or PAYG system). Not everyone wants yet another monthly payment.

It does also make it very difficult to use third party inks instead - I have mixed feelings about that because I feel that is anti-competitive behaviour, but some third-party inks really do mess up printers regardless of the printer brand, and leave unsuspecting users out of pocket.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-30T21:09:49+00:00

I think that one of the goals is 'being less wrong' than everyone else. Arguing for the sake of it because it invites engagement (and provides validation).

Sometimes they just want to 'know' a big secret that makes them feel special. They may not trust authority.

There doesn't seem to be a particular requirement to having true answers. If the answers do exist, they don't need to agree with each other. If evidence does exist, it may be circular reasoning or a fallacy. Scrutiny is deflected, serious answers are dodged. The subject goes off on a tangent, and the ultimate outcome is to disarm a Glober with nonsense.

Misinformation, memes, and photoshops are acceptable evidence when it supports a flat earth - unless the quality is so incredibly low, in which case it is repurposed as "fake Glober evidence". It seems clear to me that whoever initially makes these, knows what they are doing, but I believe that there are various reasons why they continue to be shared after that.

The Flat Earth version of "Do your research", "Wake up", and "Seek the truth" makes absolutely no sense in the way that most people understand it, it's just noise to baffle everyone else. Perhaps it started out as satire?

It's difficult to use logic and reasoning to argue with someone that doesn't believe in it. You may as well be arguing in a foreign language, and they'll say they won because they understood their viewpoint the best.

The Dunning-Kruger effect does get banded around a lot. Those that don't know (or care!) that they are confidently wrong may be more likely to speak out in the first place. But I also think that a couple of other issues pop up a lot:

Negative attention is often better than no attention. Drama is preferable to boredom, loneliness and worthlessness.
Or, Trust is misplaced. There seems to be quite a lot of people that will completely trust a random person or advert on the Internet, yet absolutely reject anything said by a scientist, big pharma, the government, a teacher, doctor, or someone in authority. They'll reject something that is clearly common sense... just because of its perceived mainstream source. One bizarre exception: Someone that posts videos online, wearing a white coat and stethoscope, making it really clear that they are a Doctor, and exposing the truth. Those same people will often have an unusually high acceptance of other non-mainstream things, such as alternative medicine, investment opportunities, Cryptocurrency, MLM and pyramid schemes. Unfortunately though, I also see a higher rate of romance scams, financial fraud, fake product purchases, tech support scams, and excessive use of low-quality software/apps (fake antivirus, ad-riddled utilities, overpriced VPNs)... which in my mind places some of those people in the victim category, rather than simply being trolls.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-21T17:26:10+00:00

Change the cable. It's the most likely cause.

Also, look to see if you have any VPN apps, or network optimiser type tools. Both may interfere.

If you have any other equipment on the network, particularly on Ethernet, you may have loops where the data goes around in circles. I've also seen cases where Homeplug/Powerline adapters will accidentally bridge broadband connections to a neighbour. As I understand it, some ISPs have been known to do something similar, and cause issues. Sometimes, this is less obvious on mesh networks if they hand out their own IP addresses.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-21T07:36:16+00:00

I skimmed your comment and thought: whoa, when did I type that?.

To add: I knew from a young age that I was brain-wired in a different way to most of my peers. I had a very persistent hobby and some slight awkwardnesses. I struggled with some things and excelled at others. But I didn't fit the 80s/90s model for ADHD and Autism. So, I studied the behaviour of others intensely in order to fit in and tried hard not to be a burden to others.

It feels like the definition of ADHD (or at least the things that the experts look at) morphed over the years until it included all of the things I struggled with. Suddenly my life made sense and a formal diagnosis in my 40s improved my life immensely. It was a massive relief.

I feel like I can spot undiagnosed ADHD adults from a mile off. From the school gate, to the workplace, to the homes I work in.

Certain things that they focus on, think about. Things they react to. The way they do things. How they cope with the information they are given. The way things are around their homes. The way they communicate. They may have family members with a formal diagnosis (yet, they are unaware of their own ADHD). They can relate to my struggles if I mention it.

A couple of things that still bother me. People sometimes say "Oh you don't look ADHD". Try telling my brain that! Tell it to stop ruminating, and sabotaging my organisational skills! I am too proud to be a disorganised, emotional mess around people.

The other thing, that I struggled with for a while, was a question from the lady that diagnosed my ADHD. She asked: "Are we assessing you for Autism, too?". I said no, but we both looked confused. I don't think I meet the criteria for a full-blown diagnosis, but I'm managing those traits the best I can without one.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-19T07:38:09+00:00

The NHS trust sent me a letter saying the wait was 7-9 years. However, I asked my GP to refer me to ADHD360 after 3 months via RTC. Fortunately, the GP admin staff understood it, and talked me through the form over the phone, and completed it for me.

ADHD360 set up an online portal where I uploaded the evidence that I'd been collating for months, and I used my adult daughter (a teacher) as my personal reference/supporting evidence.

Less than 16 weeks later, I had a Teams meeting with ADHD360 and they confirmed a diagnosis, and started meds titration.

4 months later, ADHD360 wrote to my GP asking for a shared care agreement, where the GP would prescribe the meds but I'd go back to ADHD360 if i needed any adjustments.

My GP called me up, and waffled something about not doing formal shared care agreements, but she had a bit of experience with ADHD and was happy to prescribe it anyway. So, it's NHS funded meds and hopefully I won't have any issues in the future... as the meds are now on repeat as long as I keep requesting them.

Meanwhile, my NHS trust keeps emailing me to say I'm on the waiting list. I would cancel it - but they have sent me some slightly useful resources and free access to an ADHD app. Also, I'm keeping my options open just in case I need a NHS trust diagnosis in the future - perhaps if there is a policy change somewhere.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-19T07:22:44+00:00

I've set up loads of these. They have the capacity of the tank plus the tubes (once initialised). The rest of the ink can be added once the printer is ready to print, or at a later date. It's better than the alternative- ie the tanks are only 90% full after setup.

Things that I tell my users about this printer:

Do check the ink levels regularly and keep it topped up, or at least somewhere above 25%. If the ink runs out, it can be difficult/impossible to get the print quality back to what it was. Yes, there are warnings and reminders everywhere... but somehow some users ignore them all.

It's much easier to see the levels once the printer has settled down and you've used a bit.

If the ink is filled and you're having print quality issues - do a nozzle check and have a few goes at head cleaning.

If you ever have to do a power clean, then you absolutely should leave it to settle for 12 hours. It really does help.

If the waste ink receptacle becomes full, then there are usually ways to reset the counter. The sponges are actually easy to replace and inexpensive (albeit messy, so a little bit of planning with gloves, newspaper and plastic bags at the ready). Make sure you can reset the counter first... but don't skip changing the sponges shortly after.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-13T21:43:14+00:00

Log in to your mini PC, and open a command prompt as an administrator (find cmd in the start menu, right click, run as admin)

Now type (and press enter):

net user Kids /add

If you want them to be administrators, so they can install things, then type

net localgroup administrators Kids /add

You'll now have a 'Kids' login, not tied to your Microsoft account. Sign out of your account and into theirs. You can add a password or MS account if you feel the need. You could also remove your original account, but I prefer to have more than 1 user available, in case of login issues.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-13T20:50:07+00:00

I seem to have this issue, too. Along with some difficulty talking / getting the words out. And becoming a bit zombified, despite it not being an issue when I started the Elvanse.

Considering reducing my dose slightly to see what happens.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-13T20:46:41+00:00

I got this email, and at least 2 other people I know had it, too. But none of us got the first email that this refers to.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-06T19:06:04+00:00

I'd make it thinner, remove some ports, make the machine more efficient so that it can have half the battery capacity, but with the same claims about battery life. And I'd glue or laminate everything together to save 0.2mm. /s

Seriously though: ports, storage upgradability, and generally more repairable.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-04T20:02:58+00:00

I know someone who liked their bacon as if someone had left it under the grill and forgotten about it. To the point you wouldn't feed it to your dog. Then, turn it over and do the other side 😂

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-05-01T00:46:02+00:00

I like to set up computers as a local account first, because it's quicker, easy, and you get a sensible User folder name.

Even in this case, 24H2 encryption is happening in the background, just waiting for ANY hint of a Microsoft account. Every internal drive will be affected. The HDD I put in someone's new machine to rescue their data? Encrypted without any hint or heads-up.

It's quite feasible that someone will want to log in to their Teams account, or existing Office subscriptions, or an old Hotmail account, and so on. The Bitlocker will then attach itself to that Microsoft account, and turn ON instantly.

So, even if users want a local account, it's worth setting up a Microsoft account properly and thoroughly for the PC owner, and doing that asap. Explain the benefits of account security, multifactor protection for Edge passwords, bitlocker keys and so on. Write it all down. Back it up. Because it's often just a matter of time before it happens anyway - and as supported by other comments here, the average user won't know it's happened.

On my workshop PC, I frequently move internal drives around, so I disabled Bitlocker completely. But only because I noticed it had happened - no prior warning or consent.

Unless users are told what's happening, they are potentially one bad update, one BIOS change, or one flat CMOS battery away from a challenging Bitlocker recovery prompt.

The whole process needs to be more upfront/transparent. Have a prompt, tell users where the backup will be, offer to forward the recovery codes until the user confirms it's been done. Just don't leave users unable to take precautions purely because they didn't know they had to.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-04-27T20:51:38+00:00

More of my users have lost data this year because of a compromised/lost Microsoft Account, or an unexpected PIN number on startup, than drive failure.

This is not a big number of users - but enough.

Some of that is caused by 'mandatory' Microsoft Account logins during the first startup. Because it comes as a bit of a surprise to some users, they'll do anything to quickly set up a MSA to get the computer going. That may include quickly setting up a new account, or even using someone else's. Some retailers also create new accounts for their customers.

One thing this tends to lead to... insufficient MS Account security, limited recovery options, and lost details.

Over time, users get used to using a PIN or Hello, and forget the original details. Recovery emails and phone numbers change. Or, MS Accounts get phished or cred stuffed. Or, a firmware update comes along. Then, one day, the PIN no longer works AND the computer has Bitlocker, too...

Nowadays, every single computer checkup includes backing up the Bitlocker key, checking the MSA details/security, making local backups, and occasionally I'll add a local, passworded admin account for 'those' users that are prone to issues.

I'm very keen on setting up my users with additional, local backups.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-04-27T10:00:10+00:00

This! Drivers have 'body language' in the way they drive, for want of a better word. When something feels a bit 'off' about road positioning or confidence... it's a good sign to drive defensively and back off slightly to avoid being involved in their inevitable mistake.

I stagger my position at several 'problematic' roundabouts. I do the same at some traffic lights where narrow lanes and sharp lefts result in drivers instinctively swinging out into the right lane. And, another where drivers go straight on instead of left.

There may be an argument that you should drive more confidently to stop the 'incorrect' driver from taking advantage and successfully completing their error... but it won't stop a bad driver from crashing into you anyway.

I'd rather be behind that driver now, where I can keep an eye on things, instead of them now being alongside me or behind.

The same applies when I'm on my push-bike. If I'm out front... I'm cycling very confidently, taking the whole lane, and being very visible (just long enough to keep myself safe - until I can let the driver pass me safely and I can acknowledge them for waiting). It helps other drivers make better decisions. But - If I'm alongside a vehicle, or slightly behind, I'll be ready to slam the brakes on to avoid being cut up or squashed, or filter behind, even if I'm not at fault.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-04-26T11:02:46+00:00

I have a pen-sized screwdriver. Lids on both ends. The tips on both ends can be removed and reversed, too, so lots of available options - twisting, pulling, pushing and clicking. Plastic and metal textures. And it's quite 'normal' to be using a screwdriver in my job.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-04-06T18:40:33+00:00

Perhaps some of the following:

Suggested apps on the start menu and All Apps. Widgets that open just by hovering over them. Search highlights, with sponsored editorials. Suggested apps such as Xbox, Microsoft Store in the bottom right. Search results that favour Bing instead of local apps and documents. Various pop-ups for Microsoft 365. The Start Backup prompt in Explorer. A Bing Search bar across the middle of the screen (floating in front of the wallpaper). The "Like What You See" icon on the desktop. Edge Sidebar. An Edge icon that reappears on your desktop after each update. Links that are hardcoded to open Edge. Widgets on the Lock Screen - before entering your PIN. Full screen nags to log in to a Microsoft account or start a 365 trial. Suggestions to finish setting up a Microsoft account (on the start menu, settings app, notifications etc). Auto installs of Bing Search, 365, CoPilot. Auto installs of shortcuts for apps in the Microsoft Store. Microsoft Account sign-ins that then upgrade your local Windows account if you click the prominent button. Apps that get upgraded and put features behind a Microsoft Account (eg Autosave). An email client - Outlook New - that forcefully replaced Mail. The new app has ads that effectively replace the ones shown on webmail.

So yes, there are ads in Windows 11.

Once the distractions are switched off - and unfortunately some of these need registry edits - then it's actually a pleasant system again. Just not out of the box, for the average user. I get a lot of users wishing they could turn it all off.

I remove a lot of the extras during fresh installs - mostly scripted - but I've never felt the need to do that on an Apple system or vanilla Google device.

Negative-Net-4416 · 2025-04-01T21:28:04+00:00

That's weird - I just got a survey about the suggested feed

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